The eruption, which occurred at 8:32 a.m., claimed 57 lives, destroyed 200 homes and flattened 230 square miles of forest. It also triggered the largest landslide in recorded history and propelled a ...

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Some Pacific Northwesterners woke Tuesday to an unusual sight: A smoky haze shrouded Mount St. Helens, the large, active stratovolcano in Washington state that erupted catastrophically in 1980. But a ...

46 years ago today, Mount St. Helens erupted. The massive eruption sent ash and steam skyward as the north face of the mountain collapsed, sliding into the North Fork Toutle River below. PAST COVERAGE ...